Our beautiful autumn weather continues as this survey was completed by five volunteers under foggy then cool, breezy and sunny conditions. The Twig Girdler, shown below, is a longhorn beetle that provides a dead wood food source for its young by killing the outer tips of tree branches before laying eggs in them. The mother beetle accomplishes this by chewing a deep groove all the way around the twig. She chooses where to cut by "measuring" the branch's width with her legs and never cuts deep enough to completely sever the branch, although it may later snap off at the weakened point. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Chlorostrymon simaethis (silver-banded hairstreak) photo by Val Bugh Junonia coenia (common buckeye) photo by Val Bugh Vanessa cardui (painted lady) photo by Val Bugh Vanessa atalanta (red admiral) photo by Val Bugh Nastra lherminier (swarthy skipper) photo by Val Bugh Calephelis perditalis (rounded metalmark) photo by Val Bugh Eubaphe unicolor (moth) photo by Val Bugh Cecharismena jalapena (moth) photo by Val Bugh Yosemitia graciella (cactus borer moth) photo by Val Bugh Hypocala andremona (moth) photo by Val Bugh Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing larva) photo by Val Bugh Carabus sp. (ground beetle) photo by Val Bugh Cymatodera balteata (checkered beetle) photo by Val Bugh Oncideres cingulata (twig girdler) photo by Val Bugh Schistocerca nitens (gray bird grasshopper) photo by Val Bugh Eumenes fraternus (potter wasp) photo by Val Bugh Hemipenthes scylla (bee fly) photo by Val Bugh Copestylum mexicana (black flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Trichopoda pennipes (feather-legged fly) photo by Val Bugh Habronattus cognatus (jumping spider eating flower fly) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) Misc.: Millipede (Unknown sp.) Harvestman (Eumesosoma sp.) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Phyciodes phaon   Phaon Crescent       Phyciodes vesta   Vesta Crescent       Chlosyne lacinia   Bordered Patch       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Vanessa atalanta   Red Admiral       Vanessa cardui   American Lady       Vanessa cardui   Painted Lady       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary (adult & larva)       Euptoieta claudia   Variegated Fritillary       Libytheana carinenta   American Snout       Danaus gilippus   Queen       Mestra amymone   Common Mestra    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Phoebis philea   Orange-barred Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Colias eurytheme   Orange Sulphur       Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur    lycaenidae   Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue       Leptotes marina   Marine Blue       Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak       Strymon istapa   Mallow Scrub-hairstreak       Chlorostrymon simaethis   Silver-banded Hairstreak    riodinidae   Calephelis perditalis   Rounded Metalmark    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Pyrgus philetas   Desert Checkered-skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Panoquina ocola   Ocola Skipper       Nastra lherminier   Swarthy Skipper       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Copaeodes aurantiaca   Orange Skipperling    noctuidae   Galgula partita   The Wedgling       Hypocala andremona   Moth       Rachiplusia ou   Gray Looper Moth       Cecharismena jalapena   Moth       Hypena scabra   Green Cloverworm Moth       Heliothis virescens   Tobacco Budworm (larva)       Agrotis venerabilis   Venerable Dart    arctiidae   Estigmene acrea   Saltmarsh Moth (larva)       Cisthene unifascia   Lichen Moth    saturniidae   Antheraea polyphemus   Polyphemus Moth (larva & pupa)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing (larva)    geometridae   Digrammia pallidata   Moth       Digrammia colorata   Moth       Macaria aemulataria   Common Angle       Cyclophora nanaria   Dwarf Tawny Wave       Iridopsis defectaria   Brown-shaded Gray       Eubaphe unicolor   Moth       Unknown sp.   Inchworm (larva)    crambidae   Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Lineodes integra   Eggplant Leafroller Moth       Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth       Diaphania hyalinata   Melonworm Moth       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth       Dicymolomia julianalis   Moth       Achyra rantalis   Garden Webworm Moth       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Diacme elealis   Moth    pyralidae   Ephestiodes sp.   Moth       Homoeosoma electella   Sunflower Moth       Yosemitia graciella   Cactus Borer Moth    yponomeutidae   Atteva aurea   Ailanthus Webworm Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird    chrysomelidae   Diabrotica undecimpunctata   Spotted Cucumber Beetle    cerambycidae   Styloxus fulleri   Long-horned Beetle       Oncideres cingulata   Twig Girdler    carabidae   Carabus sp.   Ground Beetle    cleridae   Cymatodera balteata   Checkered Beetle    curculionidae   Hypera sp.   Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Leptoglossus phyllopus   Eastern Leaf-footed Bug       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (adult & nymph)    lygaeidae   Lygaeus kalmii   Small Milkweed Bug    miridae   Polymerus basalis   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug    scutelleridae   Unknown sp.   Shield Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Neokolla uhleri   Leafhopper    cercopidae   Unknown sp.   Spittlebug (nymph) hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Melissodes sp.   Digger Bee    megachilidae   Anthidiellum notatum   Bee    halictidae   Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee       Agapostemon sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket       Euodynerus hidalgo   Mason Wasp       Eumenes fraternus   Potter Wasp       Eumenes bollii   Potter Wasp diptera   syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly       Palpada vinetorum   Flower Fly       Palpada furcata   Flower Fly       Palpada mexicana   Flower Fly       Copestylum mexicana   Black Flower Fly       Copestylum tamaulipanum   Flower Fly       Ocyptamus fascipennis   Flower Fly       Eristalis sp.   Flower Fly       Toxomerus marginatus   Flower Fly    bombyliidae   Villa lateralis   Bee Fly       Hemipenthes scylla   Bee Fly    stratiomyidae   Hoplitimyia mutabilis   Soldier Fly    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    tachinidae   Cylindromyia sp.   Tachinid Fly       Archytas sp.   Tachinid Fly       Trichopoda pennipes   Feather-legged Fly odonata   libellulidae   Sympetrum corruptum   Variegated Meadowhawk orthoptera   acrididae   Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca nitens   Gray Bird Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    gryllidae   Oecanthus sp.   Tree Cricket neuroptera   chrysopidae   Chrysoperla sp.   Green Lacewing    berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing thysanoptera   aeolothripidae   Aeolothrips sp.   Predatory Thrips araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Habronattus cognatus   Jumping Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider       Xysticus sp.   Crab Spider    philodromidae   Apollophanes punctipes   Running Crab Spider    oxyopidae   Peucetia viridans   Green Lynx (adult & eggs)    dictynidae   Unknown sp.   Meshweb Weaver